This is the News in Brief, with the following top stories on Tuesday, 29 March 2022:

- Ukraine war could create widespread food insecurity, warns FAO
- UN’s atomic watchdog chief in Ukraine to support nuclear power plants
- Dire impact from floods in South Sudan as new wet season looms

Audio: Daniel Johnson, UN News - Geneva
Photo: Canoes have become the only means of transport for residents of Old Fangak, South Sudan. © UNHCR/Samuel Otieno

News in Brief - 29 March 2022 - Ukraine war, food insecurity, and South Sudan flooding

Following the 7 October terror attacks led by Hamas, thousands of Palestinians have been detained in what the Israeli Government has dubbed an “incarceration emergency” allowing them to fill prisons beyond official capacity. 

The overcrowded detention facilities and reports of alleged degrading treatment and even torture, prompted Alice Jill Edwards, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, to call for a full investigation into the overcrowding and reports of alleged abuses.

In an interview with UN News’s Anton Uspensky, she gave more details on what she’s learned.

Audio credit: Anton Uspensky, UN News
Audio: 4'14"
Photo credit: UN News

UN expert: 'Incarceration emergency' resulted in mistreatment and alleged torture of Palestinians

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UN expert: 'Incarceration emergency' resulted in mistreatment and alleged torture of Palestinians

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